The South African policeman who was pulled off the Oscar Pistorius
investigation after it emerged he himself faced seven charges of attempted
murder, has resigned from the force, it was confirmed yesterday.

Hilton Botha was the first officer on the scene after the shooting of the
athlete’s girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp, but he was later ridiculed as the
Defective Detective after admitting a series of policing errors and
confusing key facts under cross examination.

The discovery that the senior investigating officer was awaiting his own trial
caused a revelation during the country’s most high profile court case.